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Release Date:
3 June 2001 (USA)
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Tagline:
Every Day Above Ground Is A Good One. more
Plot:
A drama series that takes a darkly comical look at members of a dysfunctional California family that runs an independent funeral home. full summary
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Awards:
Won 3 Golden Globes.
Another 43 wins
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117 nominations
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(311 articles)
Interview: Ben Foster Brings Humanity to ‘The Messenger’
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 19 November 2009, 12:40 PM, PST)
Interview with Ben Foster, Star of The Messenger
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(From HollywoodChicago.com. 19 November 2009, 12:40 PM, PST)
Interview with Ben Foster, Star of The Messenger
(From MovieRetriever. 19 November 2009, 10:02 AM, PST)
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Raw, personal conflict was never so mesmerizing
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 12 of 149) | Peter Krause | ... | Nate Fisher (63 episodes, 2001-2005) |
 | Michael C. Hall | ... | David Fisher (63 episodes, 2001-2005) |
 | Frances Conroy | ... | Ruth Fisher (63 episodes, 2001-2005) |
 | Lauren Ambrose | ... | Claire Fisher (63 episodes, 2001-2005) |
 | Freddy Rodríguez | ... | Federico 'Rico' Diaz (63 episodes, 2001-2005) |
| Mathew St. Patrick | ... | Keith Charles (63 episodes, 2001-2005) |
 | Rachel Griffiths | ... | Brenda Chenowith (63 episodes, 2001-2005) |
 | Justina Machado | ... | Vanessa Diaz (41 episodes, 2001-2005) |
 | Jeremy Sisto | ... | Billy Chenowith (31 episodes, 2001-2005) |
 | James Cromwell | ... | George Sibley (27 episodes, 2003-2005) |
| Brenna Tosh | ... | Maya Fisher (27 episodes, 2003-2005) |
| Bronwyn Tosh | ... | Maya Fisher (27 episodes, 2003-2005) |
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55 min (63 episodes)
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1.33 : 1 more
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France:U |
Australia:M (some episodes) |
Australia:MA (some episodes) |
Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating) |
Singapore:M18 (cable rating) (cut) |
Singapore:(Banned) (video rating) |
New Zealand:R16 |
South Korea:15 (season 1) |
South Korea:18 (seasons 2-5) |
Argentina:16 |
Canada:14A |
Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) |
Germany:12 (DVD rating) |
Netherlands:AL |
UK:18 |
USA:TV-MA
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Anna Faris auditioned for the role of Claire Fisher, but according to Faris she was laughed off by the casting director.
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Officer Keith Charles:
[talking to David about marriage] You're in my will, I'm in yours. We basically are married, even if the law refuses to recognize it. But then again, I refuse to recognize most of the Bush Administration. I guess it all evens out.
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Referenced in Running with the Egg: Making a 'Seinfeld' (2005) (V)
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What is the song playing in the final scene?How does it end?
Do the Ghosts of the deceased haunt the Fishers?
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Six Feet Under is meticulous, beautiful, daunting, and powerful. One way or another, it will connect with you, perhaps in places you didn't expect and aren't willing to expose. At times wrenching, at other times cathartic, but always staring back at you knowingly, this show stands head and shoulders above the advertising-driven fare that clogs network TV with mediocrity, token minorities, and jarring commercial breaks. It changed the way I view television, and I recommend it to anyone who's tired of the same old crap.
After watching the series finale (which I won't spoil, don't worry), I sat in bed, unable to sleep. After poring over everything I'd seen over the past season, it struck me that SFU is the most raw and personal television show I've ever seen. Even more, there are no stand-alone episodes for easy syndication. Every single installment is part of a huge puzzle, or a few more miles on the Fisher family's road. I've always found Peter Krause to be a disappointingly flat performer, which is unfortunate because his character anchors the show, but the other actors are often transcendent. Regardless, every one of them radiates with a sometimes painfully familiar pathos. The cinematography is also staggering sometimes, taken from film rather than typical 3-camera TV work. If that's not enough, the music they choose to score the episodes is almost symbiotic; it seems ingrained into the film itself, even when you know it was just licensed.
This is not really a family-friendly show, though, encompassing profanity, nudity, violence, drug use, "alternative lifestyles" ... So in other words, it's just like real life. And despite the interpersonal conflicts that fuel the narrative to the point of melodrama, the show isn't afraid to pause every once in a while and let the show communicate without dialogue.
I feel very gratified to have watched SFU, and I've never felt that way about any other show in the almost-27 years I've been alive. Hopefully it will start a trend, if only on premium cable.